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. LANTERN.

I No. 267,740. Patented Nov. 21, 1882.

the lighting-orifice.

UNITED STATES FFECE.

Ararat JAMES F. GRANSTON, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND CHARLES HALL, OF SAME PLACE.

LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION formingpartof Letters Patent N0. 267,740, dated November 21, 1882.

Application filed June 5, 1882.

To all whom "it may concern.

Be it'known that 1, JAMES F. GRANSTON, of Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lanterns, of which the following is adescription and specification. The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and convenient means of introducing a match through the lantern-globe or shade and striking it and lighting the wick Without removing the lamp from the lantern, to protect the flame from drafts of air after the wick is lighted, and to lessen the danger of breaking the glass shade or globe from the contact of metals therewith; and I accomplish this by the construction substantially as hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I is a side view of a lantern having my invention for lighting the wick applied to the glass shade or globe. Fig. II is a vertical central section through 5, 8, and 9 of Fig. I, with the closing-bar down in position to close Fig. III is a rear view of the friction-plate for striking the match. Fig. IV is an end viewof the same, and Fig. V is a sectional view of a modification of my in vention.

In the drawings,1 represents the glass shade or globe of any ordinary lantern, and 2 represents the lamp or lower part, which may be detached from the upper part or withdrawn fromthe globe when desired. Through the globe, at one side, and at a suitable height, I make a hole, asat 7, and a little distance above this hole I make another, as at 12, through which I insert a screw, as 4, and turn it firmly into a threaded hole in a plate, as 9, with a piece of rubber or some flexible material, as 8, placed between said plate and the glass, around the hole through which the screw is inserted, to operate as a cushion or packing between the plate and the glass. Previous to inserting the screw through the hole in the glass, a bar, as 5, with a hole in its upper end, is placed on the screw, so that when the screw is turned firmly into the plate, as 9, the elasticity of the rubber, as 8, will hold the bar 5 snugly against the outside of the globe. The lower end of the said bar may be provided with a knob or (No model.)

projection, by which to move it with thefinger, and the inside of the said bar, opposite the said knob, may be provided with a small protuberance, as 13, which, when the bar is down in place, will projecta little distance into the hole, as 7, and serve as a detent to hold the said bar in place, as shown clearlyin Fig. II.

The plate, as 9, is roughened in any convenient manner on the inside, and is also provided with a series of slots, as 10, made through said plate, preferably in a vertical direction,

as shown in Fig. III, and I prefer. to make these slots beveled on the rear side, as shown clearly in Fig. IV, in order to permit the phosphorus, which otherwisewould accumulate on the front side of an ordinary roughened bar, to freely pass through the slots and drop off from the plate.

The rubber or other flexible or elastic material, as 8, serves to prevent any danger of breaking the glass when the screw, as 4, is turned up firmly into the plate, as 9, and also serves to hold the bar, as 5, up firmly against the outside of the glass, and keep its position in closing the hole 7 when not in use.

In Fig. V is shown a modification of my invention,in which the plate itself, as 9, is bent over and outward and its outer end provided with a screw-hole, into which the screw, as 4, is turned, with rubber or some elastic material between the said plate and the glass; and the screw itself has a hole through it, as shown in Fig. V, and if it is desired to close this hole through the screw it may be done with any convenient plug made for the purpose; or the hole may be made so small through the screw that no plug will be required to close it. In this construction the elastic material, as 8, placed between the plate, as 9, and the glass, prevent-s all danger of breaking of the glass from turning the screw firmly into the plate or from the contact of the metal with the glass.

It is evident that, instead of slots being made through the plate 9, holes may be made therein, in which case, as each successive match is lighted by being inserted through the hole and forced against the plate, the accumulations of phosphorus and particles detached from the matches previously lighted will be forced through the openings, and the roughened surface of the lighting-plate 9, which otherwise would soon become clogged and smooth, will be kept clear and in its pioper roughened condition to light a match quickly.

I am aware that the glass globes of lanterns have heretofore been made havingaroughened lighting-plate secured to the glass globe inside, and with a hole through the same for the introduction of a match for lighting the wick, as shown in patent, to G. L. Sacket, of May 10, 1881, and I do not claim the same irrespective of my construction thereof; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. The combination, in a lantern, of a glass shade or globe provided with a lighting-orifice, a roughened plate provided with slots or openings, and a screw or metallic fastening inserted through the shade or globe to secure said plate to the inside of the shade or globe, substantially as described.

2. The combinatiomin alantermof theglass shade or globe provided with a lighting-orifice, a roughened plate secured inside the globe or shade by a screw or metallic fastening inserted through the shade or globe, and an elastic or flexible packing or cushion placed between said plate and the glass, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a lantern,of the glass shade or globe provided with a lighting-orifi'ce, a roughened plate provided with slots or openings, a screw or metallic fastening inserted through the shade or globe, an elastic cushion or packing placed between said plate and the glass, and a pivoted bar for closing the lighting-orifice in the shade, substantially as described.

JAMES F. GRANSTON.

Witnesses:

'1. A. CURTIS, GHAs. H. W001). 

